When it comes to interior styling, it’s the finishing touches that make a home a home, and add the wow factor on a first impression.

Step up your style with the following interior design and home decor tips.

Lighting: Light the way to a gorgeous home

Lighting can make a huge difference, by adding a soft ambience to create a cosy living room, a spotlight on art or to highlight architectural features and shelving. From intelligent home lighting systems to an old school simple classic light bulb.

Table lamps, garden lamps, solar lamps, floor lamps, LED strip lights, overhead layered lighting and dimmer switches are all different ways you can experiment with lighting in your home. Get creative!

Intimate, low-hanging pendant lights above a dining table will create a warm, inviting space encouraging all the family to gather around.

Choose a light for early mornings, and a specific one for late evenings, cooking or working at home, and have the right lights for mood and atmosphere.

Fresh as a daisy: Plants are great for uplifting your home

Plants really bring a space to life, whilst improving the air quality of your home.

A ceramic pot or vase will soften an industrial interior and you can play around with different heights, colours and textures of plants, along with natural materials of all shapes and sizes, such as stones and pebbles.

Hang oversized plants in a small space to make it a special feature. Go for succulents, beautiful trailing plants and easy-to-maintain houseplants, which you can decorate in pots or indoor hanging baskets for a zen feel. Happy anywhere, in the bedroom, office, kitchen, conservatory, library or bathroom.

Create a little tropical corner in your home, and against greens and botanical prints even better.

Soft furnishing: The ultimate finishing touch - Rugs

Rugs add luxury and texture to your home and can be a great alternative to flooring, or to add a soft touch to wooden flooring.

Kick your shoes off and relax on a lush rug. It’s all about a luxe deep pile rug or carpet to add a finishing touch to your home.

Opt for fitted carpets and/or a larger rug that covers the whole floor like a carpet, allowing you added flexibility if you re-shuffle rooms around or move house.

Outdoor rugs can add pattern and colour to your patio and look just as fabulous outdoors as they do indoors.

So go for these Outdoor rugs if you are decorating a terrace or outside area.

Sophisticated and versatile, they help tie it all together and bring the indoors outdoor connection from a living room to a conservatory, or a kitchen extension.

Cushions

Use cushions to add finishing touches of colour and pattern to your home, and complement a sofa or armchair using rich sumptuous, handmade fabrics or a favourite print.

There are so many ways to add a finishing touch with decorative trims, tassels, edging and pom poms.

Candles and diffusers

Candles give you ambience, lighting and scent, and are an affordable way to add instant sophistication to your home.

Pine, jasmine, bergamot.. A scent can be so captivating and remind of us our favourite holiday or destination and special times, seasons and occasions. Create a fresh home environment with room sprays and relaxing pillow mists, or scented candles.